Author Topic: Removing stains from Stainless Steel? (Read 668 times)

agdexter1 · « **on:** November 21, 2003, 09:51:17 AM »

I have a .50 caliber in Stainless Steel. Went deer hunting in the mountains for a week. It got foggy and damp a little drizzle, that kind of thing. I would wipe the gun down on the outside every night. I did not, however, take it completely apart and wipe everything down. When I got home and took it apart, I had a lot of little surface rust spots on the Stainless Steel on both the base under the chamber frame area and the framearea above the trigger assembley area. I brass brushed the rust off with Blue Wonder. However, there are dark greyish "stains" left behind on my "stainless steel" were the rust spots used to be. How do I get the stains off. I don't want to steel wool it to the point where I have a shiny spot. Any help would be appreciated.

gunnut69 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 21, 2003, 06:35:57 PM »

Stainless is really just staain resistant, of course you know that! Coarse steel wool or wet-or-dry paper and blend the rest of the finish in.. There are cloths available which purport to remove the carbon stain on a stainless revolver cylinder and top strap. I've never used them but you could try... The 'stain' you 're seeing is really just residual rust... perhaps a product called CLR might be worth a try. It's a household cleaning product that disolves calcium-lime-rust, try a very small spot first as a test. Remember if you have to polish it away, there's little lost as that's where you are now.. Let us know how you fare..

CJ · « **Reply #2 on:** November 22, 2003, 05:19:30 AM »

gunnut69, If you have never used the Adco carbon remover cloth, give it a try. Stainless revolvers can look like new. Takes off all the rings from the cylinder face. Until the next time you shoot! I only bother if its being put away for a while.

gunnut69 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 22, 2003, 07:00:51 AM »

CJ's testimonial is probably the clothes I'd seen advertised. I've never tried them...

John Traveler · « **Reply #4 on:** November 24, 2003, 07:23:26 AM »

Try using some "Naval Jelly" to remove stains on stainless.

Just a few minutes application, and even a revolver cylinder face blackened from firing residue comes out looking like new! Apparently no harm done to the stainless steel. The phosphoric acid in Naval jelly only attacks the discolouration.

John

tw · « **Reply #5 on:** November 30, 2003, 04:07:16 AM »

try one of those gray ink erasers they work great and are readily available

gunnut69 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 30, 2003, 07:22:23 PM »

Remember the ink erasers contain a mild abrasive and that may change the finish on the weapon in question..